| John "Jack" Edward Butler | |
| Birth Date: | October 21, 1916 |
| Death Date: | November 4, 1999 |
| Office: | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta |
| Constituency: | Hanna-Oyen |
| Term Start: | March 26, 1975 |
| Term End: | March 14, 1979 |
| Predecessor: | Clinton French |
| Successor: | District abolished |
| Party: | Progressive Conservative |
John Edward Butler (October 21, 1916 – November 4, 1999) was a provincial level politician from Alberta, Canada. He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1975 to 1979 sitting with the governing Progressive Conservative caucus.
Butler ran for a seat to the Alberta Legislature in the 1971 Alberta general election in the new electoral district of Hanna-Oyen as a Progressive Conservative candidate. He nearly defeated incumbent Social Credit MLA Clinton French, finishing a close second in the three way race and losing by just 15 votes.[1]
Butler made a second run for a seat to the legislature in the 1975 Alberta general election. This time he won the electoral district of Hanna-Oyen to pick it up for the governing Progressive Conservative party improving his popular slightly while the opposition vote collapsed.[1] Butler retired from provincial politics at dissolution of the assembly in 1979.
He died on November 4, 1999.[2]